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07-Oct-2008, 07:51 PM #1
No overclocking
Hey again,
my dads computer wont overclock when playing games or wathcing videos on youtube
it has a NVIDIA Riva TNT2/TNT2 PRO (Microsoft corporation) according to DXDIAG.EXE

when i try to update the driver which states that it fixes up no overclocking the setup says it cant find any drivers that are relevant to updating and then it exits.

any help??
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07-Oct-2008, 07:52 PM #2
sorry i also forgot to say my dad is running WINDOWS XP SP2
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07-Oct-2008, 09:04 PM #3
what are you trying to clock, cpu or gpu?
More importantly, what make is the comp, or is it a home brew job? Most bought ones have partially disabled BIOS to stop clocking
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07-Oct-2008, 09:06 PM #4
the cpu and gpu
it is a home made computer i think
all it says when it starts is american megatrends bought in 2000
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07-Oct-2008, 09:17 PM #5
Are you clocking through BIOs or software?
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07-Oct-2008, 09:21 PM #6
what do u mean
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07-Oct-2008, 09:22 PM #7
i got my BIOS at "top performance"
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07-Oct-2008, 09:27 PM #8
I was just about to tell you what was wrong, but considering the comment in another thread am withdrawing from this thread.
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07-Oct-2008, 09:33 PM #9
nooooooo [please dont] what comment
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07-Oct-2008, 11:14 PM #10
Closing thread as poster has been banned.
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